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NEW JERSEY STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS

The following is an alphabetical listing of New Jersey statutes of limitations arranged by area of law.

Only those statutes that establish a time period are included. Statutes that establish general rules for the

application and interpretation of statutes of limitations have been omitted. No attempt has been made to

systematically include tolling periods or rules, administrative or regulatory time limits, or appeals periods.

The information presented here is intended for use as a quick reference. The applicability of each limitations

period will need to be determined on a case-by-case basis through examination of the entire statute and

relevant case law.

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AREA OF LAW LIMITATIONS PERIOD STATUTE

ABUSE OF PROCESS 2 years 2A:14-2

ACCOUNTS

Open accounts between nonmerchants 6 years 2A:14-1

Open accounts between merchants 4 years 12A:2-725

ADOPTION

Action to set aside judgment of adoption no limit where exceptional circumstances

are shown

Rules 4:50-2,

4:50-1(f)

ADVERSE POSSESSION

Of any real estate except woodlands and

cultivated tracts

30 years 2A:14-30

Of any woodlands and cultivated tracts 60 years 2A:14-30

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Complaint issued charging defendant

with violation of Title 39 Motor Vehicle

and Trac Law Violation including driving

while intoxicated

within 30 days after the commission of

the oense, a court must issue process

directed to a constable, police ocer, or

the chief administrator for the appearance

or arrest of the person so charged

39:5-3

Injury caused by sales to underage

persons

2 years 2A:14-2

Injury caused pursuant to the service of

alcohol

2 years 2A:14-2

Property seized as the result of an

investigation under the Alcoholic

Beverages Law

1 year from date of seizure 33:1-66

ANTITRUST

Claim arising out of the Antitrust Act 4 years 56:9-14

ARCHITECTS

Claim arising out of construction or

planning

10 years after the performance or

furnishing of such services and

construction

2A14:1-1

AREA OF LAW LIMITATIONS PERIOD STATUTE

ASSAULT

Intentional tort claim 2 years 2A:14-2

Criminal prosecution 5 years 2C:1-6(b)(1)

BAIL

State prosecution of bail jumping 5 years 2C:1-6

BANKS

Actions arising out of violations of the

Banking Act

—Arising out of Bank Installment Loan within 2 years of date violation occurred 17:9A-59

—Arising out of a banks collection of

excess interest rates or unlawful taking of

security

within 2 years of date violation occurred 17:9A-59.13

Action in the making or collection of a

small business loan

within 2 years of date the violation

occurred

17:9A-59.37

Actions arising out of fund transfers

—If the transfer is made with actual intent

to hinder or delay or defraud any creditor

of the debtor or without receiving a

reasonably equivalent value in exchange

for the transfer or obligation, and the

debtor (1) was engaged or was about to

engage in a business or a transaction for

which the remaining assets of the debtor

were unreasonably small in relation to the

business or transaction; or (2) intended

to incur, or believed or reasonably should

have believed that the debtor would incur,

debts beyond the debtor's ability to pay

as they become due

4 years from date the transfer was made

or incurred; if later, within one year after

the transfer was discovered

25:2-31

—A transfer made or obligation incurred

by a debtor whose claim arose before the

transfer was made or the obligation was

incurred if the debtor made the transfer or

incurred the obligation without receiving

a reasonably equivalent value in exchange

for the transfer or obligation and the

debtor was insolvent at that time or the

debtor became insolvent as a result of the

transfer or obligation

4 years after the transfer was made or

incurred

25:2-31

A transfer made by a debtor is fraudulent

as to a creditor whose claim arose before

the transfer was made if the transfer was

made to an insider for an antecedent debt,

the debtor was insolvent at that time,

and the insider had reasonable cause to

believe that the debtor was insolvent

1 year 25:2-31

Action arising out of a letter of credit within 1 year after expiration date of letter

or 1 year after cause of action accrues,

whichever is later

12A:5-115

AREA OF LAW LIMITATIONS PERIOD STATUTE

BANKS (CONTINUED)

Action arising out of negotiable

instruments

—Action to enforce payment of note

payable at a deﬁnite time

within 6 years of due date or, if

accelerated, accelerated due date

12A:3-118(a)

—Action on note payable on demand within 6 years of demand, but if no

demand no action may be ﬁled after

10 years of continuous nonpayment of

principal or interest

12A:3-118(b)

—Obligation to pay an unaccepted draft within 3 years after dishonor of the draft

or within 10 years of the date of draft,

whichever occurs ﬁrst

12A:3-118(c)

—Action to enforce the obligation of

a party providing a certiﬁed, tellers,

cashiers, or travelers check

within 3 years after demand for payment 12A:3-118(d)

—Action to enforce the obligation of a

party to a certiﬁcate of deposit

within 6 years from due date if one is

provided and, if not, within 6 years from

entry

12A:3-118(e)

—Action to enforce the obligation of a

party to pay an accepted draft, other than

a certiﬁed check

within 6 years after the due date or dates

stated in the draft or acceptance if the

obligation of the acceptor is payable at a

deﬁnite time, or within 6 years after the

date of the acceptance if the obligation of

the acceptor is payable on demand

12A:3-118(f)

—Action for conversion of an instrument,

for money had and received, or like

action based on conversion, for breach of

warranty, or to enforce an obligation, duty,

or right arising out of the U.C.C.

within 3 years from date action accrues 12A:3-118(g)

BATTERY

Intentional tort claim 2 years 2A:14-2

Criminal prosecution 5 years 2C:1-6(b)(1)

BONDS

Bonds given by constables within 4 years after the date of the bond 2A:14-18

Bonds given by municipal magistrates within 10 years after the date of the bond 2A:14-19

Bonds given by sheri, county, or

municipality

within 9 years after the date of the bond 2A:14-17

Election approving school bonds 15 days from date of election Rule 4:69-6(1)

Relating to insolvent debtors within 20 years after the date of the bond 2A:14-6

Review of any resolution or ordinance

authorizing the issuance of notes or bonds

of any municipality or other political

subdivision

after 20 days from the date of the ﬁrst

publication thereof following ﬁnal passage

Rule 4:69-6

AREA OF LAW LIMITATIONS PERIOD STATUTE

CHILDREN

Action on behalf of parent for injury to

minor child

2 years 2A:14-2.1

Action on behalf of child for injury to minor

child

2 years from discovery of injury unless

medical malpractice at birth, and then, the

claim must be brought by the time child

turns 13

Child exploitation within 2 years after child reaches majority 2A:30B-6

Minor entitled to bring an action

authorized by 2A:14-1 to-8 or 2A:14-16 to

:14-20 or 2A:14-6

may commence action within such time as

limited by those statutes, after his or her

coming to age of 21

2A:50-4

Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

—State action for arrears of support 10 years or period under issuing state,

whichever is longer

2A:4-30.107

Vaccine-related injury claims 3 years after the date of the occurrence of

the ﬁrst symptom or manifestation of onset

or of the signiﬁcant aggravation of such

injury

42 U.S.C. §

300aa-16(a)(2);

see McDonald v.

Lederle Labs., 341

N.J. Super. 369,

374, 775 A.2d 528,

531 (App. Div.

2001)

CIVIL RIGHTS [See also DISCRIMINATION]

Injuries to rights not arising on contract 2 years 2A:14-2

CONDEMNATION 6 years 2A:14-1

CONDOMINIUMS

Claim arising out of construction 10 years 2A:14-1.1

Claim arising out of covenants 6 years 2A:14-1

Claim arising out of discrimination

[See DISCRIMINATION]

CONSUMER PROTECTION

Consumer Fraud Act 6 years 2A:14-1

CONTRACTORS

Recovery of damages for defective or

unsafe conditions

10 years 2A:14-1.1

CONTRACTS

Generally when between nonmerchants 6 years 2A:14-1.6; 2A:14.4

Breach-of-contract claim alleging personal

injury

2 years 2A:14-2

Breach of lease action governed by U.C.C. within 4 years after the cause of action

accrued

12A:2A-506

AREA OF LAW LIMITATIONS PERIOD STATUTE

CONTRACTS (CONTINUED)

Contract for sale governed by U.C.C.

between merchants

within 4 years from date cause of action

accrued

12A:2-725

Contract under seal which is not brought

by a merchant, bank, or ﬁnance company

16 years 2A:14-4

CONVERSION

Action arising out of 6 years 2A:14-1

CORPORATIONS

Claim against a dissolved corporation date set by public notice to all creditors

and must be no less than 6 months

following ﬁrst publication; there is a good-

faith exception

14A:12-12, 14A:12-

Claims against individuals

—Claims against directors arising out of

(a) the declaration of any dividend

or other distribution of assets to the

shareholders contrary to the provisions

of the Corporations Act or contrary

to any restrictions contained in the

certiﬁcate of incorporation;

(b) the purchase of the shares of the

corporation contrary to the provisions of

the Corporations Act or contrary to any

restrictions contained in the certiﬁcate

of incorporation;

shareholders during or after dissolution

of the corporation without paying, or

adequately providing for, all known

debts, obligations, and liabilities of the

corporation;

(d) the complete liquidation of the

corporation and distribution of all of

its assets to its shareholders without

dissolving or providing for the

dissolution of the corporation and the

payment of all fees, taxes, and other

expenses incidental thereto, except

that the directors shall be liable only

to the extent of the value of assets

so distributed and to the extent that

such fees, taxes, and other expenses

incidental to dissolution are not

thereafter paid;

(e) the making of any loan to an ocer,

director, or employee of the corporation

or of any subsidiary thereof contrary to

the provisions of the Corporations Act

within 6 years from date of accrual 14A:6-12

AREA OF LAW LIMITATIONS PERIOD STATUTE

CORPORATIONS (CONTINUED)

—Claims against trustees of corporations

arising out of

(1) the distribution or disposition of

any asset in violation of this act, the

certiﬁcate of incorporation, the bylaws,

or the terms, conditions, or restrictions,

express or implied, imposed upon the

corporation upon acceptance of the

asset by the corporation;

(2) the distribution of assets to

members during or after dissolution

of the corporation without paying, or

adequately providing for, all known

debts, obligations, and liabilities of the

corporation;

(3) the complete liquidation of the

corporation and distribution of all of its

assets and cessation of the activities for

which it was formed without dissolving

or providing for the dissolution of the

corporation and the payment of all fees,

taxes, and other expenses incidental

thereto; or

(4) the making of any loan to an ocer,

trustee, or employee of the corporation

contrary to the provisions of the

Corporations Act

within 6 years of cause of action accruing 15A:6-12

Recovery of stock within 6 years 2A:14-1

COURTS

Upon judgment or decree of any court of

U.S., state, or territory

20 years from entry 2A:14-5

CRIMINAL LAW

Homicide, murder, manslaughter, sexual

assault, terrorism

No limitation 2C:1-6(a)

Prosecution for a disorderly persons

oense or petty disorderly persons

1 year 2C:1-6(b)(2)

Bribery of an ocial, compounding ocial

misconduct, and wagering on ocial

action

7 years 2C:1-6(b)(3)

Sexual contact with minor, endangering

welfare of children

within 5 years of victim turning 18 or

within 2 years of the discovery of the

oense by the victim, whichever is later

2C:1-6(b)(4)

All other crimes 5 years 2C:1-6(b)(1)

AREA OF LAW LIMITATIONS PERIOD STATUTE

DEATH

Death exception for actions of decedent no statute of limitations running on a

cause of action belonging to a decedent

which had not been barred as of the date

of his death, shall apply to bar a cause

of action surviving the decedent's death

sooner than 6 months after death.

2A:14-23

Death exception for actions against

decedent

if any person against whom there is

any of the causes of action speciﬁed in

sections 2A:14-1, 2A:14-2, 2A:14-4, 2A:14-

5, and 2A:14-8 of this title dies before the

expiration of the time limited thereby,

the space of 6 months next succeeding

such death shall not be computed as a

part of the period of time within which

the action is required by the section to be

commenced

2A:14-23

Survival action 2 years from date of death 2A:15-3

Wrongful death action 2 years from date of death 2A:31-3

DEFENDANTS NOT WITHIN STATE

Bringing of action after return of

defendant to the state

within the time limits speciﬁed for that

particular action beginning to accrue after

return of the defendant to the state

2A:14-22

DISCRIMINATION

Tortious 2 years 2A:14-2

Employment [See also EMPLOYMENT] 2 years 2A:14-2

Handicap 2 years 2A:14-2

EMINENT DOMAIN

Claim arising out of State taking 6 years 2A:14-1.6

EMPLOYMENT

Wrongful termination

—Discrimination 2 years 2A:14-2

—Whistleblower retaliation 1 year 34:19-5

—Violation of contract 6 years 2A:14-1

FALSE ARREST/IMPRISONMENT within 2 years from date oense

committed, or if in prison still, within 2

years from the date of decease or release

2A:67-11

FALSE CLAIMS

Consumer Fraud Act 6 years 2A:14-1

FALSE COMPLAINTS

Generally 2 years 2A:14-2

—Of unprofessional misconduct 2 years 2A:47A-2

AREA OF LAW LIMITATIONS PERIOD STATUTE

FEES

Recovery of fees for services rendered 6 years 2A:14-1

Fees assessed by State 10 years 2A:141.2

FINES

State- or local-government imposed ﬁnes

unless otherwise stated in more speciﬁc

statute

10 years 2A:14-1.2

FORECLOSURE

For seeking deﬁciency judgment within 3 months from date of sale or

conﬁrmation of sale if required

2A:5022(b)

Mortgage foreclosure the earliest of 6 years from the date

ﬁxed for making the last payment on the

mortgage, 36 years from the date the

mortgage was recorded, or 20 years from

the date of default

2A:50-56.1

Secondary lienholders' action 1 year from date of sale for single- family

residence occupied by mortgagor

2A:50-8

Right of redemption 10 days from sheri's sale or delivery of

the deed

Rule 4:65-5

FORFEITURE

—Based on penal statute and limited to

State of New Jersey or the aggrieved

party

2 years 2A:14-10

—When the action is limited or given

by the statute to any person who shall

prosecute for the same or to the State of

New Jersey, and to any other who shall

prosecute in that behalf; to any county or

municipality

1 year 2A:14-10

FRAUD

Consumer Fraud Act 6 years 2A:14.1

Fraud ending in deprivation of property 6 years 2A:14-1

Fraud in contract context 6 years 2A:14-1

Regarding viatical settlements 7 years after the act has occurred 17B:30B-13

In the administration of an estate within 2 years from date fraud discovered,

but no action may be brought against

individual not a perpetrator of the fraud

after 5 years from date of alleged fraud

3B:1-9

AREA OF LAW LIMITATIONS PERIOD STATUTE

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES

Crime involving unlawful handling or

disposal

within 5 years of date of discovery or date

the oense should have been reasonably

discovered

2C:17-2

Claim against State concerning the

remediation of a contaminated site or

the closure of a sanitary landﬁll facility

commenced by the State pursuant to the

State's environmental laws

3 years 58:10B-17.1

Violation of requirements that products

and packages not contain inks, dyes,

pigments, adhesives, stabilizers, or

any other additives containing any

lead, cadmium, mercury, or hexavalent

chromium that has been intentionally

introduced as a chemical element during

manufacturing or distribution as opposed

to the incidental presence of any of these

elements

within 5 years from date of discovery 13:1E-99.54

HORSES

Action for injury or death against an

operator, an equestrian area or its

employees or owner, whether based upon

tort or breach of contract or otherwise

arising out of equine animal activities

within 2 years after the occurrence of the

earliest incident giving rise to the action

5:15-7

INSANE PERSONS

If insane and entitled to bring an action

authorized by 2A:14-1 to :14-8 or 2A:14-16

to :14-20 or 2A:14-6

may commence action within such time as

limited by those statutes, after his or her

coming to or being of sane mind

2A:50-4

INSURANCE

Claim for payment of beneﬁts arising out

of a standard automobile insurance policy

2 years after the injured person or survivor

suers a loss or incurs an expense

and either knows or in the exercise of

reasonable diligence should know that

the loss or expense was caused by the

accident, or not later than four years

after the accident, whichever is earlier,

provided, however, that if beneﬁts have

been paid before, then an action for

further beneﬁts may be commenced not

later than 2 years after the last payment of

beneﬁts

39:6A-13.1

Claim arising out of insurance policy 6 years unless otherwise speciﬁed in the

policy

2A:14-1

INVERSE CONDEMNATION

Action for taking of property 6 years 2A:14-1

AREA OF LAW LIMITATIONS PERIOD STATUTE

JUDGMENTS

Generally 20 years 2A:14-5

Action to recognize a foreign-country

judgment

20 years from date of judgment or the

time set out in the foreign jurisdiction for

judgments, whichever is shorter

2A:14-5

Recovery of deﬁciency judgment after

foreclosure of mortgage

Relief from judgment or order for mistake,

newly discovered evidence, or fraud

1 year unless judgment is void or it is

no longer equitable to enforce due to

changed circumstances or existence of

exceptional circumstances justifying relief

Rules 4:50-1,

4:50-2

LEASES

Breach of lease action governed by U.C.C. 4 years 12A:2A-506

Breach of lease not governed by U.C.C. 6 years 12A:14-1

LIBEL 1 year 2A:14-3

LIENS

Generally 20 years from date of judgment 2A:14-5

Construction lien within 1 year from date of work 2A:44A-24.1

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

Action arising out of member receiving a

distribution

3 years from date of distribution 42:2B-42

MALPRACTICE

Legal malpractice 6 years 2A:14-1

Medical malpractice 2 years from date of malpractice or 2

years from knowledge of malpractice

2A:14-2

MARINE

State action against individual falsely

alleging that certiﬁcate of ownership or

title to marine equipment is lost in an

application for new title

state has up to 3 years from date of false

statement to bring an action

12:7A-13

MILITARY

Actions against deployed members the period of service, in time of war and 6

months thereafter, shall not be included in

computing any period

2A:14-23.1

MISDEMEANORS

Generally [See also CRIMINAL LAW] 5 years 2C1-6(b)(1)

MOB VIOLENCE

Action against the government for injury

caused by mob violence or riot

3 months after the loss or injury, or if

under the age of 21 or insane, within 3

years of becoming of age or sane

2A:48-2

AREA OF LAW LIMITATIONS PERIOD STATUTE

MORTGAGES [See FORECLOSURE]

OIL SPILLS

Damage arising out of 1 year from date of discovery of damage 58:10-23.11k

PERSONAL INJURY

Generally 2 years after bodily harm becomes

apparent or, if based on injury to minor

caused at birth, by the minor's 13th

birthday

2A:14-1

PERSONAL INJURY PROTECTION

Claim for payment of beneﬁts arising out

of a standard automobile insurance policy

2 years after the injured person or survivor

suers a loss or incurs an expense

and either knows or in the exercise of

reasonable diligence should know that

the loss or expense was caused by

the accident, or not later than 4 years

after the accident, whichever is earlier,

provided, however, that if beneﬁts have

been paid before, then an action for

further beneﬁts may be commenced not

later than 2 years after the last payment of

beneﬁts

39:6A-13.1

PLATS [See also SURVEYS; PROPERTY] 10 years 2A:14-1.1

PRODUCTS LIABILITY

Injury, death, or damage to property

based on defect or failure in product

2 years 2A:14-2

PROPERTY—REAL

[See also ADVERSE POSSESSION]

Generally, action based on right of entry

upon real estate

20 years after accrual of right 2A:14-6

Adverse possession 16679

—Adverse possession not involving

cultivated tracts or woodlands

30 years 2A:14-30

—Adverse possession involving cultivated

tracts or woodlands

60 years 2A:14-30

Home inspection deﬁciency within 4 years from date of inspection 45:8-76.1

Injury to property 6 years 2A:14-1

AREA OF LAW LIMITATIONS PERIOD STATUTE

PROPERTY—REAL (CONTINUED)

Recovery or possession of real property

—Rent 21031

——Action of recovery or rent where lease

was under seal and action is not being

brought by a merchant, bank, or other

ﬁnancial institution

16 years from date of last payment 2A:14-4

——Action of recovery or rent where

lease was under seal and action is being

brought by a merchant, bank, or other

ﬁnancial institution

6 years from date of last payment 2A:14-4

——Action based on U.C.C. lease 4 years 12A:2A-506

Surveys or plats [See PLATTS]

PROPERTY—PERSONAL

Goods and chattels

—Taking, detaining, converting, or injuring 6 years 2A:14-1

PUBLIC UTILITIES

Action for compensation for use of right-

of-way or lands for lines

6 years 2A:14-1

RAILROADS

Actions accruing from injuries to persons

caused by the wrongful act, neglect, or

default of any railroad company owning or

operating any railroad within this state

2 years 48:12-151

RETIREMENT

Action by public employee for accidental

disability retirement pension

5 years from date of accident 43:15A-43

RICO

Civil action 4 years

See In re Integrity

Ins. Co., 245 N.J.

Super. 133, 136,

584 A.2d 286,

287-88 (Law Div.

1990)

Criminal action 5 years after commission 2C:1-6b(1)

SECURITIES

Action arising from violation of Uniform

Securities Law

2 years after sale or contract of sale 49:3-71

SLANDER 1 year 2A:14-3

AREA OF LAW LIMITATIONS PERIOD STATUTE

SKI OR SNOW-RELATED CLAIMS

Any incident for injury or death against

a ski area operator, ski area, or its

employees or owner, whether based upon

tort or breach of contract or otherwise

arising out of skiing, operating toboggans,

sleds, or similar vehicles

2 years from the date of the earliest of the

incidents

5:13-8

SOLID WASTE

State prosecution arising out of transport

or disposal of solid waste

within 10 years from date of discovery 13:1E-9.6

STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

[See also BONDS, TAXATION, TORTS,

TRESPASS, ZONING]

Action to set aside a sale resulting from

the In Rem Tax Foreclosure Act in the

absence of fraud

2 years from date of sale Rule 4:69-6(9)

Action challenging determination of

planning board including zoning requests

45 days from publication of notice of

intent or notice of denial of application,

whichever is later

Rule 4:69-6(3)

Action challenging ordinance or

resolution for a public improvement in any

municipality

30 days from the passage or adoption of

such ordinance

Rule 4:69-6(4)

Action in relation to joint sewers or

disposal plants

30 days from the date of the taking of the

proceeding sought to be reviewed

Rule 4:69-6(5)

Election approving school bonds 15 days from date of election Rule 4:69-6(1)

Generally, actions by the State 10 years 2A:141.2(a)

Review of any decision of a board of chosen

freeholders refusing or granting a permit to

erect a building in the bed of any highway

30 days from the ﬁling of the decision in

the oce of the board

Rule 4:69-6(6)

Public records request 45 days from denial

See Mason v. City

of Hoboken, 196

N.J. 51, 70, 951

A.2d 1017, 1028

(2008)

SURVEYS

Loss due to negligence or deﬁciency in

survey or plat

10 years 2A:14-1.1

TAXATION

Appeal of county tax board to tax court 45 days from service of judgment 54:51-A-9(a)

Claim by State for gross-income tax

deﬁciency that does not involve omission

of income

3 years from ﬁling of return 54:A-9-4(a)

Claim by State for gross-income tax

deﬁciency that involves an omission of

income

6 years from ﬁling of return 54:A-9-4(d)

AREA OF LAW LIMITATIONS PERIOD STATUTE

TAXATION (CONTINUED)

Challenge to assessment of assessed value

of property

within 45 days of bulk mailing of

assessments

54:3-21

Deﬁciency assessment 4 years 54:49-6 and

54:10A-5.13

Determination of taxes due following ﬁling

of incorrect tax return or failure to ﬁle a

tax return

90 days after notice of such determination

is given

54:32B-19

Refund for overpaid inheritance or estate

tax

3 years 54:35-10

Refund of sales or use tax 4 years from date of ﬁling of return 54:32B-20

Tax audit not involving fraud 4 years 54:32B-27(b)

TORTS [See also ASSAULT, BATTERY,

CONVERSION, FALSE ARREST/

IMPRISONMENT, PERSONAL INJURY,

SLANDER, TRESPASS, DEATH]

Personal injury 2 years 2A:14-2

Injury to property 6 years 2A:14-1

Intentional tort 2 years 2A:14-2

TRESPASS

Generally 6 years (from date of original trespass,

whether continuing or not)

2A:14-1

U.C.C. [See also BANKS, CONTRACTS,

LEASES]

Bank Deposits and Collections governed

by U.C.C.

3 years 12A:4-111

Breach of lease action governed by U.C.C. 4 years 12A:2A-506

Contracts for sale governed by U.C.C. 4 years 12A:2-725

UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION

Appeal of determination 7 calendar days after actual delivery of

determination or 10 calender days after

mailing of determination unless appealing

determination of the requirement to repay

beneﬁts, and then 20 calendar days from

date of actual delivery or 24 calender days

from date of mailing

12:20-31

UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES [See FRAUD]

AREA OF LAW LIMITATIONS PERIOD STATUTE

UNIONS

Claims arising out of collective bargaining 6 months

Labor

Management

Relations Act,

29 U.S.C. §

160(b), applied

in Hrabinski v.

Exxon Chem. Co.,

258 N.J. Super.

143, 147, 609 A.2d

120, 122 (Law Div.

1992)

VACCINES

Vaccine-related injury claims

[See CHILDREN]

WAGES

Action for wage discrimination 2 years 2A:14-2

Action for underpayment of wages

brought pursuant to the Prevailing Wage

Act

6 years 2A:14-1

WHISTLEBLOWERS

—Whistleblower retaliation

[See EMPLOYMENT]

WILLS AND DECEDENTS' ESTATES

Action by creditor of deceased person

seeking payment of a claim against the

estate

9 months from date of death 3B:22-4

Claim for elective share by surviving

spouse of decedent who dies domiciled in

New Jersey

within 6 months after appointment of

a personal representative, the spouse

seeking the elective share must ﬁle a

complaint with the Superior Court

3B:8-12

Fraud in connection with the

administration of an estate

within 2 years from date fraud discovered,

but no action may be brought against

individual not a perpetrator of the fraud

after 5 years from date of alleged fraud

3B:1-9

Will contest within 4 months after probate or of the

grant of letters of appointment unless

fraud can be shown; if fraud is shown, at

discretion of court

Rule 4:85-1

AREA OF LAW LIMITATIONS PERIOD STATUTE

WIRETAPPING 2 years 2A:156A-32

Civil action seeking recovery for

wiretapping

2 years 2A:156A-32

WORKERS' COMPENSATION

Accident claim 2 years after accident or 2 years after

breach of settlement agreement

34:15-51

Claim against the Port Authority within 1 year from date of accident 32:1-163

Claim alleging an occupational disease within 2 years after claimant ﬁrst knew the

nature of the disability and its relationship

to employment or, if an agreement is

reached, within 2 years following breach

of settlement agreement

34:15-34

ZONING

Action challenging determination of

planning board including zoning requests

45 days from publication of notice of

intent or notice of denial of application,

whichever is later

Rule 4:69-6(3)